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Desolate vs Grieve - What's the difference?

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Desolate is a synonym of grieve.


As adjectives the difference between desolate and grieve

is that desolate is deserted and devoid of inhabitants while grieve is .

As a verb desolate

is to deprive of inhabitants.

desolate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
    • a desolate''' isle; a '''desolate''' wilderness; a '''desolate house
  • * Bible, Jer. ix. 11
    • I will make Jerusalem a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate , without an inhabitant.
  • * Tennyson
    • And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among.
  • Barren and lifeless.
  • Made unfit for habitation or use; laid waste; neglected; destroyed.
    • desolate altars
  • Dismal or dreary.
  • Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
    • He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.
  • * Keble
    • voice of the poor and desolate

    Verb

    (desolat)
  • To deprive of inhabitants.
  • To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
  • To abandon or forsake something.
  • To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

    • Related terms

    * desolation

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    grieve

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the conjugated forms of (etyl) .

    Verb

    (griev)
  • To cause sorrow or distress to.
  • * Bible, Eph. iv. 30
    • Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
  • * Cowper
    • The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
  • To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
    • to grieve one's fate
  • To experience grief.
  • (archaic) To harm.
  • To submit or file a grievance.
  • * 2009 D'Amico, Rob , Editor, Texas Teacher , published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14:
    • Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the [...] Board of Trustees.
    Derived terms
    * grieved * griever * grievingly
    Related terms
    * grievance * grievous * grief

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
  • (chiefly, Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve .
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Anagrams

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